Kentucky gets $183M health exchange grant to help support system

2:47 AM,
Jan. 18, 2013

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Kentucky has received a $182.7 million federal grant to help fund a controversial health insurance exchange required under the Affordable Care Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday.

The state Cabinet for Health and Family Services will use the funds to create a consumer support network and a new information technology system that integrates exchange data with the state's human services programs.

Kentucky was one of 11 states - California, Delaware, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Oregon and Vermont were the ...

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